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1940réf. 65940n.p. 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. numerous small photos black & white mostly portraits 400p. Original cloth. 23 cm. Cover dull with some spotting/stains. Foxing on page edges. Contents age-toned but quite sound. No jacket. Mostly biographical sketches of individual ministers. hardcover books
1921réf. 73185Washington: Government Printing Office 1921. First separate edition extracted from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum vol. 59 no. 2371 8vo pp. 2 291-347 1; 48 plates at the back; very good sound and clean copy in original printed gray wrappers. Government Printing Office unknown books
1978réf. 606462Hamden Connecticut: Archone Books 1978. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. 345pp. Good only ex-library copy with usual library markings and glue remnants on the endpapers in a very good dust jacket with a sticker on the spine a tear on the rear flap. Archone Books hardcover books
1813réf. 58749Andover: Flagg and Gould 1813. First edition 8vo pp.123 1; quarter calf over marbled boards manuscript paper label on spine; boards rubbed upper joint starting textblock clean and sound. One of the first books published at Andover Theological Seminary and for more than thirty years the standard among theological institutions. Paradise A history of printing in Andover. Prior to his joining Andover as professor of sacred literature Stuart had no acquaintance with Hebrew. He immediately began intensive study of the language and became one of the few native-born Americans to know enough to teach it. Lack of funding compelled Stuart to produce his own grammar for the benefit of his students which was first circulated in manuscript then printed in 1813 and expanded in 1821. He had to import Hebrew type and as local printers couldn't properly set it did much of the setting himself DAB. While other grammars of Hebrew had been printed in America as accompaniments to lexicographical works this is one of the earliest if not the first separately produced grammar of Hebrew in the States. American Imprints 29896. Flagg and Gould unknown books
1832réf. 58752Andover and New York: Flagg and Gould and J. Leavitt 1832. 8vo pp. vii 2 10-231 1; original purple cloth-backed boards paper label on spine; spine sunned and extremities worn upper joint cracked and cloth peeling; upper board creased; the occasional light dampstain text otherwise good and sound. This copy with the ownership signature of "D. R. Goodwin / Andover / Theol. Sem. / 1834." Daniel Raynes Goodwin 1811-1890 "the ninth provost of the University of Pennsylvania was born in North Berwick Maine in 1811. Goodwin attended the academy in South Berwick and the Limerick Academy before matriculating at Bowdoin College. After graduating from Bowdoin in 1832 he briefly taught at an academy in Hallowell Maine before matriculating at the Andover Theological Seminary" Penn People. Also with a pencil note at the top of the front free endpaper: "from President Josiah H. Penneman's U. of P. library." Prior to his joining Andover as professor of sacred literature Stuart had no acquaintance with Hebrew. He immediately began intensive study of the language and became one of the few native-born Americans to know enough to teach it. Lack of funding compelled Stuart to produce his own grammar for the benefit of his students which was first circulated in manuscript then printed in 1813 and expanded in 1821. He had to import Hebrew type and as local printers couldn't properly set it did much of the setting himself DAB. Flagg and Gould and J. Leavitt unknown books
1830réf. 58296Boston: Perkins & Marvin no. 114 Washington St 1830. 8vo pp. 52; removed from binding; wrappers wanting; first gathering loosening else very good. Three editions were published in 1830. This copy signed by George Ticknor on the title page. Perkins & Marvin, no. 114, Washington St unknown books
1882réf. 57562Cambridge Mass: Published by Moses King 1882. 8vo pp. 5 4-168; original purple cloth stamped in gilt; a.e.g.; spine extremities and corners scuffed; otherwise very good. Ownership inscription of Mary F. Wolcott on front free endpaper. A collection of 160 poems dedicated to the late President Garfield. Submissions were received from applicants throughout the United States and Europe. Among the contributors were Oliver Wendell Holmes Julia Ward Howe and Joaquin Miller. See BAL IV p. 332. Published by Moses King unknown books
1786réf. 55770Providence 1786. Folio sheet approx. 15" x 12" docketed on the verso; previous folds with splits no loss; overall toning; good. Brigadier General James Angell 1723-1785 descendant of one of the first settlers of Providence died February 2 1785. This inventory was taken by Moses Brown 1736-1838 executor of the will and both a friend and relative. The Angell's daughter Abigail married a Goddard relatives of the Brown family. Among assets listed are Angell's Johnston farm lot 160 acres of Vermont land a third of an acre lot in North Providence; "we to give James and Jacob a Deed of the Whole of remd of Johnston farm & North Providence lott." James Angell was town clerk of Providence until 1775 and Theodore Foster said of him "I became intimately acquainted with the said James Angell and many of his Family Connexions among whom was the Honorable Stephen Hopkins Esq. whose Sister married the said James Angell." Documentary History of R.I. Angell was also appointed chairman of the committee to revise laws of the state. unknown books
1881réf. 57653Cambridge Mass: Published by Moses King 1881. First edition 8vo pp. 6 7-80; engraved frontispiece of Garfield; original pictorial wrappers; staple-bound; spine extremities lightly chipped; lower corner of front wrapper chipped along with the first three leaves; otherwise very good. A collection of 43 poems dedicated to the late President Garfield. Submissions were received from applicants throughout the United States. Among the contributors were Oliver Wendell Holmes Julia Ward Howe Joaquin Miller and Walt Whitman. Published by Moses King unknown books
1806réf. 55698Dover N.H.: Charles Peirce bookseller Portsmouth and Samuel Bragg Jr. Dover . Nov 1806. First edition 8vo pp. 8 431 1 4 ads; recent calf-backed cloth spine in 6 compartmjents red morocco label in 1; overall appearancve is fine. American Imprints 10569; Cohen 8395; not in Sabin. Charles Peirce, bookseller, Portsmouth, and Samuel Bragg, Jr., Dover ... Nov unknown books
1832réf. 48338Pembroke CT 1832. 8vo pp. 2 100 2; 6 leaves of mounted dried flowers mostly perished at back; 1 extra bifolium laid in containing three pages of "wandering thoughts"; contemporary quarter red calf over marbled paper-covered boards; upper joint cracked at the top boards rubbed and bumped; very good. A manuscript notebook full of pontification on a variety of subjects some rather mundane "Friendship is an acquisition which is very necessary and needful in life" and some on more colorful topics: the autobiography of a hat Yankee peddlers "Among the variety of imposters which we daily meet the yanks peddlers must be the first which comes under our observation"; slavery; the plight of the Indians; fashion "Where the old fashioned knee-buckles have been turned into some article of fancy; the sheepskin pantaloons and horn buttons have given place to morocco shoes and shell combs". Thirty-three entries are provided in all. One describes the town of Pembroke CT; there seems little otherwise to indicate where these essays were published if at all. unknown books
1901réf. 38265Saint Paul: E.W. Porter 1901. 8vo pp. ix 456; photographic portrait frontispiece 22 plates; original red cloth soiled gilt lettering; spine toned edges and corners badly bumped and rubbed small tears and fraying at spine head; interior fine. E.W. Porter unknown books
1878réf. 36605New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1878. 2 vols. 8vo; original brick cloth stamped in gilt and black light shelf wear otherwise very good. Bookplate on each pastedown. Vol. 1: 1607-1676; Vol. 2: 1677-1765. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
2025réf. 17248New York: Scribner 2025. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate affixed to flyleaf. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 177pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A presentable signed early printing of this dystopic novella by the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive violent religious order while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find-discarded ink dirt and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood deemed an unworthy she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside the world is plagued by catastrophe-cities are submerged underwater electricity and the internet are nonexistent and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel barren landscape. Inside the narrator is controlled punished but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls joining the ranks of the unworthy she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past-and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past the environmental future and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood Why can't she remember her life before And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened A searing dystopian tale about climate crisis ideological extremism and the tidal pull of our most violent exploitative instincts this is another unforgettable novel from a master of feminist horror.Publisher. Scribner hardcover books
1879réf. 13751New York: Redding and Co 1879. Revised Eleventh. Full Calf. Very Good. Revised Eleventh. Full Calf. The author says in the preface that "the ritual adopted by the Modern Order of Essenes is so long that it can only be learned and retained by constant attendance at the meetings and as many are so situated that they cannot attend regularly they soon forget much that they have learned . . . " The introduction describes both ancient Essenes a branch of Judaism and to modern-day Essenes an exceedingly devout fundamentalist organization. The remainder is a lengthy series of rituals prescriptions and proscriptions. Evenly toned loose leaves a bit shaken chipped and limp else tight bright and unmarred; leather is supple. Full calf small pocket size wrap around decorative braided stamp with tongue and tab clasp. Pocket size.166pp. Redding and Co unknown books
1970réf. 16997New York: The Press of The Research Centre of Kabbalah 1970. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxxv 232pp. Rubbing toning creasing chipping and tears to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing and bumps to corners and to head and tail of spine. Slight lean to spine. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A challenging book delving into the mysteries of our universe. The author Rabbi Moshe Hayim Luzzatto lived a brief and almost magic life yet he produced a facsinating treatise on Kabbalah that provides mankind with compelling insights into the Ten Sephirot the ten emanations of spiritual light that comprise the very nature of reality.Publisher. The Press of The Research Centre of Kabbalah hardcover books
2023réf. 16803New York: Scribner 2023. Paperback. Very good . Paperback. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate at front endpaper. Third Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". x 154pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm tight and sound. A very presentable signed early printing of this collection of stories from the award-winning author of Tender is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An NPR Best Book of 2023 A collection of nineteen dark wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica this collection of nineteen brutal darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence alienation and dystopia Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex unexpected ways-often unsettling sometimes thrilling and always profound. In "Roberto" a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light Swift and Monstrous Sound" and in "Candy Pink" a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps. Written in Bazterrica's signature clever vivid style these stories question love friendship family relationships and unspeakable desires.Publisher. Scribner paperback books
1741réf. 560322Gloucester Massachusetts 1741. Softcover. Very Good. Manuscript. 24mo. Three quarter leaves pinned inside two outer full leaves measuring about 3 ½" x 6". One quarter leaf is loose laid-in. The full front cover leaf titled in manuscript is trimmed above the title and has one horizontal cut below the title very good. The three-quarter leaves list the names of students 75 boys and 13 girls in ink on the rectos and versos. Born in Gloucester Massachusetts in 1716 Moses Parsons graduated from Harvard in 1736 and while pursuing his theological studies he taught a private school in his native town as noted in the catalogue from 1741-44. In 1744 he accepted a call to Byfield Parish where he was distinguished as a preacher until his death in 1783 having seen the Church through the Great Awakening led by George Whitefield and through the Revolutionary War. At his school Parsons taught a veritable Who's Who of early Gloucester residents - individual and family names such as Winthrop Sargent whose son was a prominent patriot and Governor of the Mississippi Territory William Ellery Nathaniel Haraden whose son served as the Sailing Master of the U.S.S. Constitution and many others. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities at Byfield Parsons was instrumental in founding Governor Dummer Academy now known as The Governor's Academy. During his tenure at his private school Parson's calculates that he taught 75 boys and 28 girls quite a few of whom would go on to be immortalized by Gloucester historians John Babson and James Pringle. An important early manuscript documenting an overlooked piece of Gloucester's local history. Reference: William Cutter. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. unknown books
1780réf. 423857Hartford Connecticut 1780. Unbound. Near Fine. Approximately 7" x 6. 5" on laid paper with a deckled edge. Old folds near fine. Receipt of payment from the Pay-Table Committee of 48 pounds to Moses Stoddard Signed by Stoddard as received. Docketed as received on the verso. unknown books
1858réf. 1848Philadelphia: Published by the Author 1858. First edition. 1848 COMPILATION OF MEDICAL HISTORY OF ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; PRIMARILY INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 8 ½ inches tall hardcover recent green cloth binding gilt title to spine incorrectly labeled as Vol. I only—actually 2 volumes bound as one 5 endpapers bound in front and back. Vol. I i-xvi 312 pp; Vol. II 336 pp. CONTENTS: Vol. I Epidemic Cholera Cholera Infantum Nursing Sore Mouth Medical Topography of the State of Illinois Malaria Epidemics of 1835 1855 Cholera Bilious Fever Scorbutus Scurvy; Vol. II Scorbutic Diathesis Cholera Chemistry of Medicines Climatic Influences Constitution of Seasons Laws of Epidemics Yellow Fever Doctrine of the Unity of Disease. Light foxing to preliminary pages light browning to text pages very good in custom archival mylar cover. MOSES LOWMAN KNAPP 1799 -1879 member of the first class graduated at Jefferson Medical College 1826 said that his "thesis was the first handed in to the Dean the first examined and he was understood by the professors and the class to be the first graduate." His thesis on "Apocynum Cannabinum Indian Hemp" was the first thesis published by Jefferson Medical College. He was professor of materia medica and president of the College of physicians and Surgeons of the University of Iowa also professor of materia medica in the Indiana Medical College. Published by the Author hardcover books
1940réf. 417914Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in modestly age-toned very good or better dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. Inscribed by John Berryman to a philosophy professor at Columbia University: "To Irwin Edman: On page 45 a paper on aesthetics long overdue. with sincere regard John Berryman. Boston 18 Oct 1941." Laid in is the front of the original mailing parcel hand-addressed by Berryman to Edman with his name repeated in the return address. Page 45 contains Berryman’s introduction to the selection of his poems entitled “A Note on Poetry.” Both Edman and Berryman both belonged to the Boar’s Head Society at Columbia a social group devoted to poetry. Berryman graduated from Columbia in 1936 so indeed his paper whatever it was was long overdue. New Directions hardcover books
réf. 718New York: Moore Shissler & Co. Book. nd. 1873. Oblong 8vo orig. printed boards cloth spine. Pp. 89 with gaps in pagination. Boards rubbed to near illegibility loose in binding. A clean copy within. A scarce and odd production consisting of vocal songs both sacred and secular the majority with music composed by Le Sears as well as dance tunes by Sears his family relations and others. Many bear local dedications e.g. Sears' "Trenton Waltz. Dedicated to Sarah L. Roberts of Trenton N.J." Moore's compositions are here and there dated from 1835 on but none of his music seems to have been heretofore published.The volume is a cheap-paper production and the pagination jumps from 46 to 65 apparently as issued as no tunes in the index are called for on the ommitted pages. An unnumbered leaf between pages 46 and 64 contains a song not included in the index. Sears' name does not appear on the title page but is barely discernible on the front and rear board. Despite the publisher's notice that "The author of this work has in preparation "The American Centennial" which will be published in 1876" no further volume was issued. The OCLC entry lists 4 copies but has a variant imprint with Moore's name only. Moore, Shissler, & Co. hardcover books
1971réf. 50740New York: KTAV Publishing House 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. near fine. 8vo. xliv 648; iv 649-1356pp.; 6 278pp. Later acetate dust wrappers over dark olive cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait 15 photographic plates and 5 text drawings. Text mostly in English with some German Hebrew French and Romanian. Volume III is almost entirely in Hebrew. Moses Gaster 1856-1939 was a Romanian later British scholar the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation London and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. This 3-vol. set is a "collection of the author's collected essays on folklore studies in general and Jewish folklore in particular first published in 1928. The first two volumes include articles and texts mainly in English but also in German French and Romanian. The third volume is devoted primarily to Hebrew texts and essays. The subject of these essays reflect the wide scope of Moses Gaster's scholarship and range from Romanian folklore to Samaritan legends to Jewish Haggadah apocrypha and mysticism." From the Preface. KTAV Publishing House hardcover books
1971réf. 50742New York: KTAV Publishing House 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. good . 8vo. xliv 648; iv 649-1356pp.; 6 278pp. Later acetate dust wrappers over dark olive cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait 15 photographic plates and 5 text drawings. Text mostly in English with some German Hebrew French and Romanian. Volume III is almost entirely in Hebrew. Minor bumping at foot of spines and a trace of shelf wear at lower tips. Foxing to top edges of book blocks. Moses Gaster 1856-1939 was a Romanian later British scholar the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation London and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. This 3-vol. set is a "collection of the author's collected essays on folklore studies in general and Jewish folklore in particular first published in 1928. The first two volumes include articles and texts mainly in English but also in German French and Romanian. The third volume is devoted primarily to Hebrew texts and essays. The subject of these essays reflect the wide scope of Moses Gaster's scholarship and range from Romanian folklore to Samaritan legends to Jewish Haggadah apocrypha and mysticism." From the Preface. KTAV Publishing House hardcover books
1767réf. 42438Boston: N. E.: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams and to the Treasurer's Office in Milk-Street 1767. 204pp. Disbound. Scattered foxing. Good plus. The book's title is the title of the first sermon. Succeeding sermons are identified by caption title and SERMON II. . . SERMON VII. "Hemmenway Moses D.D. a Congregational minister was born in 1735 at Framingham Mass. He graduated at Harvard College in 1755 and was ordained pastor in Wells Mass. Aug. 8 1759 where he labored until his death April 51811" McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia online article on Hemmenway. ESTC W29397. Evans 10643. Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, and to the Treasurer's Office in Milk-Street unknown books
